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Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.

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It has been suggested by some people in this country that I and my government will be a "soft touch" in the [European] Community. In case such a rumour may have reached your ears, Mr Chancellor... it is only fair that I should advise you frankly to dismiss it (as my own colleagues did, long ago). We shall judge what British interests are and we shall be resolute in defending them.

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My view is that discrimination against anyone at the ballot box is wrong and should have the full enforcement of the federal government.

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Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.

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I don't want to jump the gun, [but] I will tell you, though, that my goal is to have the best possible government.

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That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

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Our popular government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have already settled, the successful establishing and the successful administering of it. One still remains, its successful maintenance against a formidable internal attempt to overthrow it.

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Government should do a few things, and do them right

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You have a choice of trusting the natural stability of gold, or the honesty and intelligence of members of government.

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Making change tolerable is one of the duties of Government.

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Public opinion in this country is everything.

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When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

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The firm basis of government is justice, not pity.

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The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third.

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Though the profusion of Government must undoubtedly have retarded the natural progress of England to wealth and improvement, it has not been able to stop it.

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When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a constitution.

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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation are, — 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and 3. Hope to all.

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The Government of the Reich, who regard Christianity as the unshakable foundation of the morals and moral code of the nation, attach the greatest value to friendly relations with the Holy See and are endeavouring to develop them.

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He is almost a statesman. He lies well.

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